Rob Price
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2019 January 18 • Friday

At one point in the movie That Darn Cat! Hayley Mills is reading Woman's Day magazine.

Which issue was that? you ask. Well, it's clear from the cover that it's the 25th Anniversary Issue, October 1962.

1962? That Darn Cat! is from 1965! What gives?

There could be any number of reasons but it's worth noting that this issue of Woman's Day has an article, most likely heavy on the praise, about Walt Disney. That Darn Cat! was a Disney movie.

While there are lots of newspapers glimpsed in That Darn Cat!, you never see my favorite headlines.

You can glimpse one of the other old friends, though: BILL AIDS OWNER ON FORECLOSURE.

That Darn Cat! was based on a book called Undercover Cat by husband-and-wife team Gordon Gordon and Mildred Gordon, "The Gordons".

As you can see, the cat wasn't originally Siamese. But when, presumably, the success of the movie led to a demand for another book, the cover of the first sequel shows a Siamese.

Incredibly there's a third book. Enough people must have bought the second one.